Phonola radio division : warranty and service policy.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
A warranty and service policy for Electrohome radios.
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Phonola radio division : warranty and service policy.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
A warranty and service policy for Electrohome radios.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
One technical drawing of A motor outline.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of material compiled during the process of research into the early history of the Pollock family. Includes ms. and typed notes; photocopies of pages from directories, census records, periodicals, and other publications; photocopies of press clippings; correspondence; museum pamphlets; and other photocopied documents.
Electrohome
Part of Electrohome fonds.
Fonds consists of records relating to the administration, operation, products, and history of Electrohome Limited and its subsidiary companies, as well as its predecessors, Pollock-Welker Limited, the Grimes Radio Corporation Limited, and the Phonola Company of Canada Limited. Includes letters patent and by-laws, share certificates and registers, board of directors' minutes, legal records, financial statements, correspondence, memoranda, advertisements and product literature, internal and external publicity materials, news releases and press kits, press clippings, speeches, sales kits and manuals, photographs and other visual materials, ephemera, architectural and technical drawings, sound recordings, computer disks, and artifacts.
Electrohome
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of seven photographs and ephemera. Includes two mounted photographs taken on the streets of Berlin (Kitchener), including a shot of the Berlin market, town hall, and post office, a photograph of Alex Welker in his LeRoy car, a group portrait of students at Lady Belle [school?], a photograph of the interior of one of Electrohome's plants, and other photographs. File also includes a Christmas card from Elizabeth Pollock to John Koegler, and a page removed from a printed souvenir album containing a picture of C.E. Hoffman's button and suspender factory on Queen Street in Kitchener.
Page is annotated: "Pollock Mfg. Co. - 1908-1909 / upper floor - now SW corner Queen & Charles". File probably belonged to John Koegler.
Electrohome
Part of Electrohome fonds.
Series consists of visual material produced and accumulated by various personnel and departments within Electrohome. Some of the material may have been used by Robert Lovell, Public Relations Manager (1963 to ca. 1988), or his successors, as it appears that some photographs were taken for internal and external publicity purposes.
Some of the material appears to have been pulled from elsewhere in collection, probably for use in Raymond Stanton's book Visionary Thinking: The Story of Canada's Electrohome, or for other purposes associated with the 90th anniversary celebration or researching company history. Includes photographs, slides, negatives, transparencies, contact sheets, and printing proofs.
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Electrohome television styled by Deilcraft : sign.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of two transparencies and a photograph of the electric sign and clock located on the roof of the Electrohme plant at 809 Wellington Street North in Kitchener, taken at night.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of eight unidentified metal parts that may or may not belong together, and a blue cloth bag labelled "Seagram's" in which the pieces were originally found.
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Printing plate : Carl Arthur Pollock.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of a metal printing plate containing the text: Carl Arthur Pollock / Kitchener, Ontario.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of a yellow, red, and blue felt badge containing the logo for Electrohome/Est.1907.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of two medallions, probably belonging to Carl A. Pollock. One medallion is from Rotary International (Osaka West Rotary Club) and one is from The Dominion Life Assurance Company commemorating the first billion dollars of life insurance in force (1960).
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Maclaren Advertising : Molsons Canadian Muskoka.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
Series consists of a Panasonic video floppy disk.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
Materials relating to the life of Alex Welker.
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Electrohome fans operating instructions.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
operating instructions for Electrohome fans. The instructions are printed on A small tag with A hole that appears to have been made to attach to the fan.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
One three decalcomaniA transfers for Horton Electrohome appliances.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
reproduction Phonola advertisements from the Elmira reunion.
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Pollock-Welker staff : photograph.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
One photograph of Electrohome staff. The photograph has been damaged and only the left half remains.
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Research : air conditioner operating instructions.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of operating instructions and product tag for a portable Electrohome air conditioner (humidifier).
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Research : Pollock talking machine advertisements.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of reproductions of two advertisements for Pollock Talking Machines. One is a 1912 dealer advertisement for Cullen's Music Store in Berlin (Kitchener, ON).
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Growth through a strategy of product innovation : ms. notes.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of one leaf of ms. notes regarding the growth of Electrohome through product innovation.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of negatives and contact sheets depicting the interior and exterior of Plant 6 (Kitchener industrial park) and Plant 10 (Cambridge).
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Warehouse lease agreement : sample.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of a blank warehouse lease agreement.
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General humor and inspiration.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of motivational and amusing material, probably collected by Carl A. Pollock. Includes nine typed poems and stories, and one quotation clipped from a newspaper.
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Wood furniture finishes : miscellaneous notes.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of material relating to wood furniture finishes. Includes ms. notes and a brochure about black walnut.
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Research : Electrohome duplex tuner instructions and service information.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of a photocopy of an instruction leaflet for the Electrohome 11 tube custom AM/FM duplex tuner. File also includes a photo-reproduction of a technical diagram for the T-140 [radio receiver?].
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Research : radio : Grimes radio advertisements.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of photocopies of advertisements for David Grimes inverse duplex radio receivers, manufactured by the Phonola Company of Canada Ltd.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of a Panasonic video floppy disk labelled "opening."
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
Materials relating to the life of Carl Pollock, as well as materials created by Pollock and accumulated by John Koegler.
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What profit sharing means to me.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists 2 leaves of notes handwritten by Carl A. Pollock entitled "What does profit sharing mean to me as presdient of Electrohome."
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of correspondence and advertising material relating to Electrohome's membership in Holiday Inn's Worldwide Corporate Account Program.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of 182 slides of cartoon drawings and product images that form one or more presentations advertising Electrohome humidifiers and air conditioners. Slides do not appear to be in order.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of approximately 12 unidentified metal parts that may or may not belong together, and are possibly from a radio.
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Coupons for ordering copies of patents.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
A notice from the Department of the Interior United States Patent Office regarding coupons for ordering copies of patents.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
The letterhead for Pollock Manufacturing Company and Dominion Electrohome Industries.
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Research : Phonola advertisement reprints.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of reprints of Phonola advertisements. File also includes ms. notes.
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Research : radio receiver instruction book.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of an instruction book for a seven tube AC radio receiver and antenna.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of 19 slides of Electrohome employees at work, Electrohome plants, and home entertainment products. Some slides are missing.
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Advertising material : CKCO-TV.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of advertising material for CKCO-TV. Includes a 40th anniversary flier and a page of CKCO-TV logos in different sizes. The logos depict a horse-drawn Conestoga wagon in the upper left corner and the Electrohome stylized "E" in the lower right corner.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of two copies of a portrait of Alex Welker.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
Clippings relating to Electrohome, its products, and its employees.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
various handwritten notes created by John Koegler on the history of Electrohome.
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Electrohome fonds : 2022 accrual.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
Materials relating to the history and operations of Electrohome Limited.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
Three packages of phonograph needles from Tusko, Minerva, and The Needle of Quality.
Components of unidentified product : photograph and line drawing.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of a photograph of the components of part of an unidentified product and a line drawing of one of the components.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of 14 radio vacuum tubes and other unidentified radio parts. Some tubes and parts are broken.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of two strobe discs used for testing the speed of phonograph turntables. One disc is metal (20.5 cm in diameter) and one is printed on paper.
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Radio : AC radio receiver manuals.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of three service manuals for seven-, eight-, and nine-tube AC radio receivers. Manuals include parts price lists.
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Research : Pollock cabinet talking machines.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of a photocopy of an advertisement for Pollock cabinet talking machines from the Pollock Manufacturing Company.
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Research : radio : advertisements.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of three advertisements for Electrohome radio.
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Research : radio : automobile radios.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of material relating to Electrohome automobile radios. Includes original and photocopies of owner's manuals and installation and service manuals.
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Berlin foundry staff : photograph.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
One photograph of staff at the Berlin foundry (later the Gies foundry). An accompanying note indicates that Alex Welker is present in the photograph and that it was at this foundry that he initially begAn working on his designs for his phonograph.
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Electrohome fonds : 2017 accrual.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
Fonds consists of materials created by Electrohome Limited and its predecessors and accumulated by John Koegler, the former Electrohome historian. Includes organizational and administrative records, materials relating to manufacturing, advertising materials, and photographs.
Electrohome
Part of Electrohome fonds.
Photographs created and accumulated by Electrohome Limited and its predecessors. Includes images of employees, products, facilities and manufacturing operations.
Electrohome
Part of Electrohome fonds.
Materials created by Electrohome Limited and its predecessors relating to the operations, functions, employees, and history of the company. Includes minutes, patents, ephemera, written histories and more.
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Agreement between Schroder Hornless Phonograph Manufacturing Company and Arthur B. Pollock.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
An agreement between Schroder Hornless Phonograph Manufacturing Company and Arthur B. Pollock licensing Pollock to sell the hornless phonographs in Canada.
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Dominion of Canada patent : HermAn Schroder.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
A copy of One Dominion of Canada patent for Herman Schroder for A new and useful improvement in gramaphones.
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Agreement between HermAn Schroder and Arthur B. Pollock.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
An agreement between HermAn Schroder and Arthur B. Pollock assigning A patent by HermAn to Pollock in exchange for royalties on the hornless phonograph.
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Photographs : manufacturing and products.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
Photographs of manufacturing at Electrohome, and Electrohome products.
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Assignment of patents by Alex Welker to Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
Three assignments of patents by Alex Welker to Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited. The patents are for A tone arm for A talking machine and reproducers for A talking machine.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
Correspondence and An invoice from Ridout and Maybee patent solicitors.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
A reproduction of An indenture between The Berlin Steel Go-Cart Company and The Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited.
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Letters patent : The Pollock Manufacturing Company, Limited.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
One letters patent for The Pollock Manufacturing Company, Limited. The letters patent was assigned to Arthur Bell Pollock, Charles Stoltz Boehmer, August Boehmer and Alexander Henry Welker.
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Helycon : compOnent parts list.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
A compOnent parts lists for Helycon reproducers.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
A compOnent parts lists for Helycon motors, tOne arms and reproducers. One price list has handwritten notes.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
A compOnent parts lists for Helycon tOne arms.
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General Industries Company : flyer motor parts distributor prices.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
A price list for distributors for parts for flyer motors from the General Industries Company of Elyria, Ohio.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
A leaflet for Pollock-Welker porto vox. The porto vox was advertised as being for record demonstrating and eliminating the need for sound proof rooms.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of a No.2A Brownie camera, model B, from the Eastman Kodak Co.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
price list for star machines, manufactured by Hawthorne & Sheble of Philadelphia.
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Electrohome VictoriA Street plant : photographs, by Denton Photo.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
Two photographs of the exterior of the Electrohome factory on Victoria Street.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
Series consists of discrete items, including Carl A. Pollock's rolodex, gramophone records, radio tubes, and a Kodak Brownie camera.
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Pulwell : compOnent parts list.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
A compOnent parts lists for Pulwell motor no. 301.
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Music master radio advertisement.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
A magazine advertisement for Music Master radios.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
A brochure for the latest Phonola model.
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Pulwell phonograph motors brochure.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
A brochure for Pollock-Welker Ltd. Pulwell phonograph motors.
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Pulwell portable phonographs and portable electric pickup brochure.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
A brochure for Pollock-Welker Pulwell portable phonographs and portable electric pickups.
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Patent for sound-reproducing machine and record therefor.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
A published patent notice for A patent for sound-reproducing machine and record therefor, held by Frederick Osborn of Garrison.
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Helycon : motors, tOne arms and reproducers catalogue.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
A catalogue for Helcyon motors, tOne arms, and reproducers.
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Pulwell : compOnent parts list.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
A compOnent parts lists for Pulwell motor no. 302.
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Grimes inverse duplex radio brochure.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
A brochure for Grimes inverse duplex radios. Grimes was also located in Kitchener and merged with Pollock and Welker Ltd. in 1933 to become Dominion Electrohome.
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Pulwell portable phonograph brochure.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
A brochure for Pollock-Welker Ltd. Pulwell portable phonographs.
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Facilities : Plant 2 : Victoria Street, Kitchener.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of eight photographs of the Electrohome plant at 480 Victoria Street North in Kitchener (Plant 2). Includes aerial photographs, and a photograph of the construction of an addition to the plant.
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Visionary Thinking : Working Files
Part of Electrohome fonds.
Series consists of material relating to the proposal, production, distribution, and lanuch of the corporate history Visionary Thinking : The Story of Canada's Electrohome by Raymond Stanton, published by Canadian Corporate Histories (Kitchener, ON) in 1997. Includes files of research material about the history of Electrohome, probably compiled by Nicola McLaughlin for Stanton's use, and files of visual material used in the book, pulled from other files in the collection most likely by McLaughlin.
Includes photocopies of product literature, press clippings, correspondence, reports, news releases, and other documents; slides, transparencies, photographs, and other graphic material;original product literature, including brochures, leaflets, parts price lists, instruction manuals, and sales manuals; news releases; press clippings; correspondence; memoranda; ms. notes; forms; and other material.
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Research : bathroom fittings : Pollock Manufacturing Company.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of a catalogue of bathroom fittings produced by the Pollock Manufacturing Company. File also includes a Phonola advertisement.
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Research : Phonola advertisement.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of a photocopy of a Phonola advertisement from Canadian Magazine Advertiser, and a photocopy of a page from an unidentified publication of a picture of King Edward VII and King George V.
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Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited : supplementary letters patent.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
Supplementary letters patent for the Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited for the purposes of increasing the capital stock of the company.
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Material compiled by John Koegler : file 6.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of material relating to John Koegler's research into the history of Electrohome. Includes ms. notes, portions of an ms. draft of a history of radio within the company, press clippings, advertisements for Grimes inverse duplex radio receivers (1925-1927), photographs of early radio production, correspondence, ephemera, and other material. File also includes a photostat copy of the announcement of the wedding of Arthur B. Pollock and Racie L. Boehmer from a 1902 newspaper.
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Dominion of Canada patent : Thomas Lucien Richard.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
One Dominion of Canada patent for Thomas Lucien Richard for A new and useful improvement in sound amplifiers.
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Patent for brake for talking-machines.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
A published patent notice for A break for talking-machines held by Gunther Philip Wild of Pennsylvania.
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Patent for cabinet sound-reproducing machine.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
A published patent notice for A cabinet sound-reproducing machine held by Henry Miller of Waterford.
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Material compiled by John Koegler : file 9.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of material relating to the history of Electrohome. Includes ms. notes, correspondence (including a personal letter from John A. Pollock), and other material. File also includes an envelope addressed to A.B. Pollock, Pollock Manufacturing Company, Columbia Place, Berlin from Edmonds & Edmonds Solicieters (New York, NY), dated 1915.
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Canada trade mark registation.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
One Canada trade mark registration for the word and device Organola in the name of Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited.
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Dominion of Canada patent : Alexander H. Welker.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
One Dominion of Canada patent assigned to Alexander H. Welker for A new and useful improvement in talking machines that has been assigned to the Pollock Manufacturing Company.
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Patent for record-tablet for talking-machines.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
A published patent notice for A record-tablet for talking-machines held by Owen Brophy of Pennsylvania.
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United States of AmericA patent.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
One United States patent for Alexander H. Welker for new and useful improvements in talking machines.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
One register for An industrial design of A cabinet for talking machines for the Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited.
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Part of Electrohome fonds.
One register for An industrial design of A cabinet for talking machines for the Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited.
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Dominion of Canada patent office reciept.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
One receipt from the Dominion of Canada patent office for 20$.
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